[EL] op-ed/Don’t count on Congress to settle a close US presidential election

[Schultz, David A.]

Hi all:

Chris Land (a former student) and I just published this Op-ed in the Hill.
We open the piece by declaring:

The Constitution ultimately vests in Congress the authority to resolve
challenges regarding the counting of electoral votes by the individual
states in presidential elections. Yet if the 2016 presidential election
melts down or if there are major challenges to the electoral votes in any
state, don’t necessarily count on Congress to be able to resolve the
problem. The reason is that the law that empowers Congress to resolve
electoral vote disputes may be unconstitutional.

The rest of the piece is found at the link below.  We should have added to
our op-ed that given that the Supreme Court is one justice down and
presumably deadlocked, don't count on the Supreme either to resolve this
election  if it gets to them.

Here is the link.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/303703-dont-count-on-congress-to-settle-a-close-us

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